NEP was a thing though. Very limited and tightly controlled, but possible. Both NEPmen and foreign capitalists had a brief window while economy was healing.
I don’t think one could be safe throwing them around like that though. Being big probably meant you have a particular relationship with local administration who don’t find you too capitalistic.
You couldn’t buy a factory for rubles in 1923…
NEP was a thing though. Very limited and tightly controlled, but possible. Both NEPmen and foreign capitalists had a brief window while economy was healing.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/NEPman
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_concessions_in_the_USSR
I don’t think one could be safe throwing them around like that though. Being big probably meant you have a particular relationship with local administration who don’t find you too capitalistic.